LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 31 January 1914, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

.\!i I'hiid i-h cablegram received ; l aon [•' 11<-1 ;iy advised salted '>iti !er down to lIIs to II os per '■wl. in I lie a p pea I <d' \\ . 'I . Youni; i rum I lie decision of .\l r i{ iddcll, X. .M ~ li is 11 oniiiii- I lie (' 11 id' -I usi lee reserved li is decision . 'ihursday was the notiest day experienced in l,evin ior si\ years past. On | lie Stale Farm the i ein pel a (ure in I lie shade wen! up in >'T tle.irive.-. Heavy lliunder was heard in !-evin a lid viciii ity lasl n n>hl, and heavy rain fell al intervals. Around Manakau the conditions were eleclrie, and sonic tropical downpours of rain were experienced. All the creeks ;i re in 11ii>*Ii Hood to-day. The i!ev. !•'. T. Harris, pastor of ihe r>c\in .Melhodisl Church, beiiiii" somewhat run down in health., lias been irrant ed a three weeks' holiday in order 1 hat lie may recuperate. lut he nieanlinie a rra n.u'einenls have been made to supply the pulpit duriuir .Mr Harris's absence. To-mor-row, the Ist February. Hie Ceii--1 urv Hall services in the niorninii will he conducted by ihe l!ev. Harry ('ollom. of < Maki. and in (lie evening by Mr '1 . (>. A inceiil. .M v(. ('. Ket 11e. S. ,M .. u'a ve jn<l Li t i 111 at Ain-kland in the test case i'rederick .Mayniaii v. the A uck la ml W'a terside \\ orkers"

1 u ion. 11 was ;; claim for da iiia.U'es. because he had not been allowed to work on a ship as he was not a men I her ot the union. The e'au'i-t .ate found Ihe lerius i >!' e 111 I do;. "I' il i :•! eiha t .'\i :• y nia u He -aid ! I'C lie loi' was pe> feel ly i• iLi"hl in mi■-ist in'.; t hat v> ■u i; be lie.l !;ivei! Mi Mayiiian. and was also n;;-hi in not a I low: n him le. 'o) li til" ! 1 " iam . Ihe V: rd lei , -el'" ■>.!:■ ni. Siuie Henderson s wile s <;Tandmolher went to church last Sunda v Ml spile of I lie fact Iha I she i s ninety years of aji'e. ironic on for II mi e! \ -oi ie, ami sat up as st ial yh I

]ll (it II it'll ;l > anybody. ;lllil lii'Vcr 11 lopped (i IV In sleep oiiee. \\ <> e;i 11 llli- 111 ei i \ -pl'\ . Hiliyville Ii: I 1(• (T.K.A.V Si \ I v-l 11 ier yi • u 11L!' and prelly Irl s ill ( 'levelii III!. nil 111, Ii ;i ve I<>l'f 11 ell I lieinsel \e> llitn ;i elilb, one ol liie rule.-: heimr ||i;il ki>>inn' - h i ! I pe ! 11l iIII (I I ill | \ 111 \(MlI !l S \\ 111 i 11 ;i Ve I;ik el i I lie 11' L>'ll'U (HI I ;i <!<>;• ej I I lilies ;i I le;i -(. S w ;11 I li; 11 lly ! Tile I VT;i 111 id :-! lek lly e;i t filers with (111- liook lor lian.y ii]>. are l lie best ealelieis nl' lliai dreaded spreader of diseasi', llir common lioii>p lly. I'riee lor -ill a I (S. Kppilwpll's I Mia rnincy. < K lord--l rcet. I'oislllllllls lis paper< also on hand, i! van pre lev llioni. Advt. 1m • 1111 ei; i ii ; Np\l time you re- . i: i[ i a I;e -1 li.it l>u y ! lie ' a and > ! make il v, -i| style and i outi; i •ji \i■ \ 'i 'V jipl v local W{i\i pi ;■-< Ad >(.

In a recent number of the Gentlewoman are ten marriages that have been arranged and will not (ukc piace, an announcement being made to that effect I

In lite issue of November 27th. the Meat I lade Journal (London) published a letter from a Taihape liu'ehei . Mr S. S. I nubs, who wrote: "Ihirty-live years in the i.ade ai Home, lour years' experience here, has made me wish times enough thai 1 had come wars before.'"

"Now, boys, ' said a Sunday School teacher, addressing the pupils of his class, "can any of yoa tell nie anything about Good I'rnlay:' "\es, sir, spoke up one bright little fellow, bursting with knowledge. "Yes, sir: it was him as done the housework lor iiobinson Crusoe, sir."

A prominent sheep farmer mentioned to a Press representative on Saturday that he hail lately attempted to dispose oj' a valuable iarm properly in South Canterbury, but owing to the presonl .-late oi ailairs no reasonable bid 1 oitld be procuied. The conditions oi' payment were very easy, and ihcre were standing crops on the properly, which would be sufficient to cover the deposit required .

A woman at Tower Jiridgc Police Court (London) gave her husband the following testimonial: "'-ii Friday he gets drunk, on Nil urday he is generally drunk twice: on Sunday lie will be drunk at half-past three, then sleep ii oH', and get drunk again. On rig the week lie will get drunk if lie has any money. He does iiot use violence, but his language is enough to knock you down/' When a Siamese girl allains ihe .•;u of t hirly-l'ive without marrying she is labelled and placed in a privileged class under the special

. ol' the King, who binds himself to find a husband for her. His method is delightfully simple A prisoner in one of the Siamese gaols may gain his par- • iiti and release by marrying one • I the mature maidens. Whether he is alieady married or not is of no couse<|uenee. for in Siani a 'nan is not restricted to one wife. "•The man who succeeds in cultivating Irom the seed a blight:'nv potato will make the nalion iiis (lel)tor by mtndi more than the juice of the proverbial couple of Dreadnoughts annually." This :;11 (• i-est ing statement was made in the course of a lecture delivered in Cambridge recently by Dr !-!edclilTe Salatnan, who is probably the greatest authority in Europe on the potato. Dr. Sala:!ia.ii lectures about potatoes, and his wife, Mrs Nina Salanian, writes poems. She is a wellknown Hebrew scholar and translator. Many of tlie versions in the Jewish hymnal are from tier pen. U leu a (ii'inian iirmy is on the march it stops every twenty ininite- for a rest. Experiments have demons! raled thai a soldier can cover more ground when given .'lis period of relaxation. Recent lactory experiments liave shown iliat rest at specified intervals has a similar inliuenee upon their individual output. In many riiicient shops liie pressure on workmen is not for sustained ■ lie; d : instead the programme is, "Now rest, now work, now rest,"

with the result that a larger amount of work is ■ accomplished ■villi less fatigue. -11. Hard, in Svsiem.

A praciical .joke was played on a fisherman at the mouth of the Asliburlon river last weekcud. lie had thrown his line in. and whilst he was engaged in '■neversatioii, the line drifted down stream and got entangled in another angler's line. This 1 aiier pulled both lines in and unravelled them; then seizing the I ead of a large groper lying near by. be tixed it on to the straying liii.\ flinging i( into the water again. Suddenly the up-stream iisherma n remembered his Jine and commenced to haul it in. \ 11e lc!l certain by the weight on the line that he had secured a catch, but could 110 l account for the ease with which he was landing it. Imagine his chagrin when he discovered what manner of fish he had caught.

While preparing a duck for the table tin- other day (says the Lake County Press) Mrs T. McDonnell was surprised to find a small nugget of gold in the gizzard of the bird. The nugget weighed almost exactly a pennyweight, and as the duck w;f? bred on the faim, Mr McDonnell is now serious] v considering the advisability (•I carrying out some prospecting work mi the land in the vicinity of hi< residence. Variations of !hi< paragraph have travelled the world over.

'■£•")()() Reward" is 'the enticing heading to a poster signed by lhe .Minister of .Justice and circulated by his department, a copy til which document is displayed at ihc ('hristcliurch police station. '"Whereas on the Kith of' .November." it reads, "an attempt was made by means o! the explosion of gelignite 'to wilfully damage machinery in the colliery al f)en n iston . the property of (he West port Coal (> 111 ]>a 11 \ . i! is hereby notified thai a reward of five hundred pounds will lie paid for such information as will lead lo the eonvieflo,i of tile person or persons who caused I lie id explosion. A. 1/. Jlerdman, Minisler of Justice, Wellinylon

lieliovo mo if all Ihosr oiulunuji 1 o] I liin>jv wen 1 11ron11f for rrpair. in'i to-day, Lmnhl. Pink would rp- -■:! !!; ,::i wi: it h adit 1 : 1 that suits : <1 -!•' von nil lianpy away. Mi-; lon (liar's as hard as the lioart til' a mi? M l . ami \vpav« in a way llial will fairly surprise yor! No -lipping and sliclinp: on die llnm-v wlion tltry are pnl i'slird wiili T.\ X-( »1,. It shines lu i aul i hilly .mil p|-c<ri'\ i's llic Html -( (lvci inLTS. A ppl icil with I idl.' labour. Ailv!.